Running is the greatest!

Here’s just a bunch of great running sites for your enjoyment. 

•  Cool Running
• How to Begin Running - WikiHow
• Running for Beginners - lifehack.org
  
• 10 Great Workouts to Spice Up Your Running Program | zen habits
  
• Top 25 Rules of Running - Uncommon Body
  

I love running to music when I need a little kick in my routine. Here’s some of the best tracks for logging those miles.

1. Coldplay - Clocks
2. Moby - Bodyrock
3. Foo Fighters - Best of you 
4. Sugar, we’re going down - Fall Out Boy
5. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
6. Survivor - Eye of the tiger
7. U2- Where the Streets have no name
8. Cake - Going the Distance 
9. Jamiroquoi - Virtual Insanity
   
10.  Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness

Every runner has run that first marathon. It can be a scary thought of logging all those miles, more than you probably run in a month, in a four-hour period. Here’s a great resource that can help you with planning, training and gearing up mentally for your first marathon!

How do I prevent running injuries?I injured myself several times now while running. I thought, in order to prevent these injuries I need to understand why they happen in the first place. It is a bit obvious, since in a way I am torturing my body and a while ago I didn’t. Still, I started doing some research to at least find out how to minimize these injuries.

1. Wearing Proper Shoes - I actually went to pediatrist to check my feet and shoes didn’t seem to be a problem. I think this is a fairly decent shoe that I’m wearing, but I’ll probably get something a bit better. By that I mean making sure that if fits better and it’s easy to walk. This is common sense, nothing new.

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